Sevilla Chatfield & Fred Sproul

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY

Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield
3rd of 5 children of Elmer Ellsworth Chatfield & Della Chatfield
Born: Oct 18, 1898, Spring Creek near Ten Sleep, Big Horn Co., Wyoming
Died: Mar 30, 1981 (age 82), San Marcos, San Diego Co., California; heart attack (watching TV when President Ronald Reagan was shot)
Buried: Inurned in Eternal Hills Cemetery, Oceanside, San Diego Co., California
Married: Apr 11, 1920, Fred Chester Sproul, Manderson, Big Horn Co., Wyoming
Three children: Elmer Chatfield Sproul, Fred Chester Sproul, Jr., Beverly Ann Sproul

Fred Chester Sproul
7th of 8 children of Thomas John T.J. Sproul & Mary Pauline Koeberle
Born: Sep 12, 1897, Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon
Died: Apr 30, 1989 (age 91), Rancho Bernardo, San Diego Co., California; heart failure
Cremated: Inurned at Eternal Hills Cemetery, Oceanside, San Diego Co., California
Military: U.S. Army, trained for WWI, but the war ended
Occupation: Banker, rancher/cattle and sheep, farmer; during the Depression was one of the largest sugar beet farmers in Montana and Wyoming
Married: Apr 11, 1920, Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield, Manderson, Big Horn Co., Wyoming
Three children: Elmer Chatfield Sproul, Fred Chester Sproul, Jr., Beverly Ann Sproul

1. Elmer Chatfield Sproul
Born: Feb 1, 1921, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming
Died: Jul 31, 2011 (age 90), Aurora, Arapahoe Co., Colorado; complications from diabetes
Cremated: ashes scattered in Sandias, New Mexico
Military Service: WWII, Army Air Corps, Private; clerk and auditor
Occupation: Culligan Man, Attorney at Law, a businessman from insurance to drug stores, real estate developer
Married: Aug 27, 1949, Leslie Anne Griffith, Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co., California
Four children

2. Fred Chester “Freddie” Sproul, Jr.
Born: Sep 8, 1923, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming
Died: Apr 23, 1989 (age 65), Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado; heart attack, smoking
Buried: Shrine of Remembrance Mausoleum Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado
Military Service: WWII, U.S. Army Air Corps; aircraft engine mechanic
Occupation: Sheep rancher; owned American Builders, partner with brother in building and development (they built more than 20,000 homes in New Mexico, Colorado, California, and Nevada)
Married: Apr 29, 1945, Alberta Lee “Bert” Hallam, Billings, Yellowstone Co., Montana
Six children

3. Beverly Ann(e) Sproul
Born: Oct 24, 1925, Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas
Died: Jan 5, 2017 (age 91), Fallbrook, San Diego Co., California; congestive heart failure
Cremated; ashes interred in Chatfield plot at Riverview Memorial Gardens in Worland
Avocation: Chatfield genealogy, family historian
Married: Dec 19, 1945, George Wallace Kelly, Denver, Denver Co., Colorado
Two children

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Timeline and Records

Five children of Elmer Ellsworth Chatfield & Della Chatfield:
1. Helen Layle Chatfield
1894 – 1975 (m. Rudolph Oscar Hornburg)
2. Marion Hortense Chatfield
1896 – 1980 (m. William Perry Tarter)
3. Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield
1898 – 1981 (m. Fred Chester Sproul)
4. Audrey Ella Chatfield
1900 – 2000 (m. Joseph Anthony “Joe” Bodan)
5. Constance Cordelia “Babe/Connie” Chatfield
1905 – 1990 (m. Forest Wayne “Frosty” Rosenberry)

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Feb 15, 1894: Birth of Helen Layle Chatfield, the 1st child of Elmer & Della Chatfield, in Emma, Pitkin Co., Colorado

Feb 25, 1896: Birth of Marion Hortense Chatfield, the 2nd child of Elmer & Della Chatfield, in Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming

Oct 18, 1898: Birth of Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield, the 3rd child of Elmer and Della Chatfield, in Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming

Nov 22, 1898: Letter from Elmer Chatfield to Mary (Mollie) Chatfield, (Della’s mother, his aunt):
Buffalo, Wyoming, Nov 22, 1898
My Dear Mother–
Dell started this letter so I will finish it.
Aunt Mollie, you do not know how near I came to killing Dell and the Babies day before yesterday, while coming down that infernal hill to Buffalo.
I had my sheep wagon & Dell & the Babies were back on the brd (buckboard). In the first place I rough locked the wagon and then chained a big pine tree to the hind end and started, when about ½ the way down my wagon started to push my horses and I could see they could not hold it. So away we went as I come to the turn my wagon slued off and we run about 25 yds on the edge of the road & then over we went down the mountain. When I came to I was laying under the wagon box with the corner of the box resting on my head. I knew where I was in a minute & the first thing I thought of was Dell & the Babies. I hollered to Dell but not a sound did I get except from Toady Bull a little girl Dell had with her to help take care of the children who said, “for God sakes Mr. Chatfield get me out.”
Well now mind you I was pinned underneath the wagon box but there was a little space in front by the dashboard so I undertook to crawl out but my over coat & clothes was to bulky to let me out so I had to work my coat off & I can safely say for once I crawled through an auger hole.
When I got out and took in the surroundings my horses was about 30 feet away and entirely loose from the wagon & wagon bottom side up & the wheels & running gear on top the box.
I hollered again to Dell but not a sound. If there is a man in the world suffered as I did that minute God pity him.
When I undertook to turn that wagon over it was impossible. My only salvation was to cut them out so at it I went. The first slash I came very near cutting Toady’s head. I got her out all O.K. & then kept cutting & digging at last I struck Dell all covered up in the bedding & hay. I asked her if she was hurt & where the children was. She says I am not hurt & Helen is right here by me & the Baby is under me. I got the Baby out first & then Helen. Dell says “My God what will we do I am afraid poor little Marion is dead”.
Well I pulled Dell out & started for Marion. At last I found her entirely wrapped up in one on the Feather Beds and not a scratch. I don’t think I ever was quite as happy as when they were all loaded safe & sound.
A Mr. Kinney happened along at the time & rendered me a great deal of assistance & so ends the first chapter.
All send love. Dell is taking care of the Baby and can’t write.
Your Nephew,
Elmer
P.S. Tell old Art to come up and we will have good hunt in the Bad Lands.

Note: Elmer (age 34), Della (age 25), Helen (4 yrs, 9 mo), Marion (2 yrs, 9 mo), Sevilla (1 mo); Old Art is Arthur, Dell’s younger brother. Unable to identify anyone in the photo, though assuming the driver is Elmer and the woman is Della.

Jun 15, 1900: Federal Census for Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming:
Chatfield, Elmer: Head, born Jun 1863, age 36, married 7 years, born Colorado, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois, farmer, 82 farm animals
Note: 3 others listed in household, 2 farm laborers and a housekeeper
Note: Della (5 months pregnant with their 4th child, Audrey) and their daughters, Helen, Marion, and Sevilla are not listed as they are visiting Dell’s mother and father in Mary (Morrow) and Clark Samuel Chatfield at their ranch in Basalt, Eagle Co., Colorado.

Nov 27, 1900: Birth of Audrey Ella Chatfield, the 4th child of Elmer and Della Chatfield, in Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming

Dec 18, 1905: Birth of Constance Cordelia “Babe/Connie” Cordelia Chatfield, the 5th child of Elmer and Della Chatfield, in Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming.

Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming; circa August of 1906
On the back of this picture is handwritten: “Uncle Elmer’s ranch above Tensleep”

Note: Elmer Ellsworth Chatfield, Charles Henry Chatfield, and Jacquelin (Chatfield) Adams are siblings; pictured are 13 of their combined offspring (ages approximate):
Helen, Marion Chatfield, Charles, Sevilla, Marion Adams, Leo, Howard, Roy, Kathryn, Nella May, family dog, Audrey holding two babies, Gordon and/or Constance
Helen Layle Chatfield: born Feb 15, 1894 (age 12), daughter of Elmer & Della
Marion Hortense Chatfield: born Feb 25, 1896 (age 10), daughter of Elmer & Della
Charles Joseph Chatfield: born Nov 18, 1895 (age 9) Charles & Nellie, son
Sevilla Maude Chatfield: born Oct 18, 1898 (age 7), daughter of Elmer & Della
Marion Jacqueline Adams: born Apr 24, 1898 (age 8), daughter of Jacquelin & Fred
Leo Willard Chatfield: born Oct 23, 1897 (age 8), son of Charles & Nellie
Howard Francis Chatfield: born Jun 13, 1899 (age 7), son of Charles & Nellie
Roy Elmer Chatfield: born Mar 20, 1901 (age 5), son of Charles & Nellie
Kathryn “Kate” Adams: born Jan 31, 1903 (age 3), daughter of Jacquelin & Fred
Nella Mae Chatfield: born Mar 11, 1903 (age 3), daughter of Charles & Nellie
black dog
Audrey Ella Chatfield: born Nov 27, 1900 (age 5), daughter of Elmer & Della
2 babies (note: assuming Gordon is on the left and Constance is on the right):
Gordon Gregory Chatfield: born Dec 20, 1905 (8 mo), son of Charles & Nellie
Constance Cordelia Chatfield: born Dec 18, 1905 (8 mo), daughter of Elmer & Della

May 9, 1910: Federal Census for Spring Creek, Big Horn Co., Wyoming:
Chatfield, Elmer E.: Head, age 47, married 1 for 17 years, born Colorado, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois, occupation stock grower on range
Della: wife, age 36, married 1 for 17 years, 5 children born, 5 living, born Nebraska, father born Illinois, mother born Missouri
Helen L.: daughter, age 16, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Marion H.: daughter, age 14, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Sevilla M.: daughter, age 11, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Audrey E.: daughter, age 9, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Constance C.: daughter, age 4, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska

Circa 1910 Postcard: Elmer & Dell’s five daughters at the ranch near Ten Sleep: Audrey, Marion, Helen, Sevilla, Constance “Babe”:

Circa 1910 Postcard taken at the same time; four older daughters Marion, Helen, Sevilla, Audrey:

Mar 13, 1912: Letter from Milo Mills to his brother Boyd, friends of the Chatfield sisters:
Ten Sleep, Wyoming
March 3^rd, 1912
My dear brother,
I was over to “Chattie’s” Sunday P.M. and Sunday night tell 12:20 but did not get to be alone with H.P. over two or three minutes at a time. Great isn’t it. A fellow has a dandy time over there and the old folks treat me dandy but I don’t think that there will be any developments of serious character for chances are something you never get. You know you said in your letter for me to put it off till I come home. I don’t think that you need worry about this for I have just about made up my mind that it is foolishness to advance to far in the game. Helen and Marion (Chatfield) were here today. They were sure sweet looking. We have been having lots of fun down here lately. It would take too much time to tell you all about it in a letter so will wait till I get home and then I will admit nothing. Most of it has been jobbing each other. Van’s have been doing most of it. When I went to Chattie’s Sunday I couldn’t find my saddle. The kids had hidden it so that I pounced onto Lewis’s saddle. I certainly liked Lewis. We clicked together on most everything. Lewis is going to try and take Sevilla from Harold Friday night at the dance. I believe that he will make it stick alright too. Harold stood back and Lewis took the lead when us kids were all over at Chattie’s. Two weeks ago last Sunday Helen and Sevilla will be on the ranch with the old man next summer alone part of the time.

Write as soon as you can and tell me all the news. I am your brother, Milo Mills, Ten Sleep, Wyoming.
Note: The envelope was addressed to Boyd C. Mills, Fort Logan, Colo. in care of Army Y.M.C.A from Milo Mills, Ten Sleep, Wyoming

May 14, 1915: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 1):
Graduates from Worland eighth grade include Sevilla Chatfield. There are seventeen graduates and two high school graduates.

Sep 24, 1915: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 6):
Following is the result of the various races and sports as given at the ball park on “Washakie Day… Girls pony race—Sylvia (sic Sevilla) Chatfield, 1st. $3.00.

Jan 14, 1916: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 2):
The Durkee literary and educational society will hold their next regular meeting at the Durkee school house on Friday night, Jan. 21, the program starting promptly at 7:30. Following is the program to be given… Sevilla and Audrey Chatfield, duet.

Feb 4, 1916: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 6):
The literary program with Seville and Audrey Chatfield was enjoyed by all.

Jun 2, 1916: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 6):
Mrs. A.M. Hake, Franklin Hake and Sevilla Chatfield motored to Ten Sleep last Sunday and report fishing to be first-class. They caught some dandy big speckled fellows.

Aug 11, 1916: Basin Republican, Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming (pg 8):
Mr. Fred Sproul has accepted a position with the Big Horn County bank as bookkeeper.

Sep 22, 1916: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 1):
Washakie Days is held and in the Boys and Girls club work Division in Canning, Sevilla Chatfield places second. Final Record in the canning club Sevilla Chatfield is second.

Oct 13, 1916: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 5):
Worland High School Notes
Sevilla Chatfield, reporter for Sophomore class.
Freshman class includes Audrey Chatfield.

Jan 19, 1917: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 5):
Worland High School Notes
This is examination week for the first semester and those who were lucky enuff to get out of some of the exams were: …Sevilla Chatfield, Eng. II; …Audrey Chatfield, Alg. II, Eng. I, Anc. Hist.

As I Was Told:
Sevilla and Audrey were as much a ‘duo’ as Helen and Marian. They were two years apart in age, but only one year in school. (Sevilla repeated the 8th grade when they first moved to Worland.) The school bus routes did not extend to the county line, so they stayed at the L.E. Laird ranch during the week and returned home Friday night—commuting by team and wagon sometimes, other times in that big Buick touring car. —Beverly (Sproul) Kelly

Feb 16 and Feb 23, 1917: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 1):
Worland High School presents “Cupid at Vasser”… Seville Chatfield plays Wands Carrol. Audrey Chatfield plays other college girls.

Mar 2, 1917: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 1):
“Cupid at Vassar” was greeted by a packed house last Friday night. In fact part of the crowd was turned away as even standing room was at a premium. The players lived up to their expectations and gave the audience a real “live” performance. Each actor was a star in his or her particular part and it would be difficult to single out any Individual, so well was each part taken. Miss Faie Rue as Kate, Sevilla Chatfield as Wanda, Lester Gregg as Shiny, Jack Gage as John Willet, Irl Pritchard as Amas North and Ben Gregg as Hank continually “brought down” the house with their parts, as did also Rachel Meadows, as Helen Conway, the youngest Freshman, and Helen Meadows as Miss Page, prim and dignified. The chorus girls also; came in for their share of the applause— their performance being the best ever presented in Worland.

The intense interest of the great audience and the close manner in which they followed the play throughout its course was an eloquent tribute to the success of the play. It is hoped that the play may be repeated in the near future so as to give those who were turned away, a chance to see the performance.

Mar 16, 1917: Basin Republican, Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming (pg 4):
Last Saturday a crowd of young folks from Worland came down to attend the basketball game between the Worland high school and Basin high school. The Worland team was made up of Wilson, Pritchard, Gregg, Gage and Sheldon. Those who accompanied the team were Ursal Morgan, Chas. Harkins, Jr., Earl Homann, W.B. Kern, Elmer Evans, Otto Smith, Chester Tallon, Gene Hampton, Jay Grosshart, Myrtle and Agnes Ekstrom, Sevilla Chatfield, Audrey Chatfield, Faie Rue, Fern Laird, May Patterson, Cora Pendergraft, Helen Horsley, Carrol Pendergraft, Daniel Cotner, Wm. Jacobs, Lee Redfern and Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Morgan.

Nov 1, 1917: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 1):
There were twelve members in the Garden and Canning Club. Each member had one-tenth acre of ground which she planted and cared for, keeping an accurate record of the cost of production, the proceeds from the sale of vegetables, the number of pounds produced and the number of quarts of vegetables canned. A total of 11704 pounds of vegetables was raised by the members on one and one-fifth acres… First— Gladys Richardson. $10.00, 2235 1/2 pounds. Second—Sevilla Chatfield, $8.00, 2178 pounds… Sevilla Chatfield led the members in the number of quarts of vegetables canned, namely 189, Gladys Richardson was second with 159 quarts…

Jan 17, 1918: Letter from I.W. Chatfield (age 81) to his granddaughter Sevilla (age 19):
San Jose, California Jan 17, 1918
Dear Sevilla
Your good letter received and I was much pleased to here from you and all the folks at your good home.
It pleases me to here that your home will be comfortable for you, especially your Father and Mother after going through all the hardships that they passed for many years on Spring Creek useing that alkalye water.
Many times the thought has come to me that you must have a barrell of water to wash today and nothing but chips and cedar wood for fire.
I am glad that you are now located where you have good water and wood and coal if you wish it.
You must be very carefull in driving your auto on the road to school as a turn over is a serious matter, and your roads are not like our highways in California.
The roads in this state especially the highways are concrete smooth as a floor.
I hope your father is feeling better and will let up trying to do so much work.
I am now quite well have gained much I now weigh 162#. I was down to a little above 140#. I now hope to get back to 170#.
About every ten years there is a change in our physical bodies. As a rule if one reaches his sixtieth year he has a fair chance to reach his seventieth birthday. I have passed my eightieth and will be 82 on the 11th day of August and I hope to reach my ninetieth provided I keep all my faculties, as I do not want to be a charge on any charitable organisation.
I was pleased to hear that Hellen and Marian was going to the Polytechnic at Billings. It will improve their mind and knowledge very much in a business way.
I said to Mother this morning that if I could rent 80 acres of land near Elmer I would tackle the place that I would be gone about eight months. She remarked not much would you leave me if you should go I would go also.
I received a nice letter from your Uncle Lee he said all was well at Princeton. Was up to Princeton some three months ago and stopped with Mr. Mallon and your Aunt Jacqueline and I had a very nice time. Arthurs family was there but Arthur was in Colorado railroading on the Colorado Midland.
Also got a letter from Calla and one from Charlotte and sister Clare and all was well with them, and all of them have been so kind to me in fact more than I deserve. All that I can offer is my best wishes and a happy New year.
Mr. Mallon… a visit after dinner we made a visit to Los Gatos and Saratoga through the orchard country. Your Uncle Jim said to me the trip was a dream. This Santa Clara Valley is without a doubt the most beautiful in America and many people come here and buy a home to pass the remainder of their days in peace and plenty but of course one has got to have some Capitol.
I have not had any news from Chas for three months but all must be well as no news is good news.
With much love to you and all the girls and your Mother & Father.
Your Grand Father I.W. Chatfield

Apr 25, 1918: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 1):
The dance Saturday evening at Tensleep, under the direction of Paul Frison, who got busy in the game of raising money for the third liberty loan and war savings stamps, proved a big success. All who attended had a most enjoyable time. Six thousand five hundred dollars was raised in Liberty Bonds. Those attending from here were C.W. Erwin, Ed Conant, Rev. LeFebre, Dr. Green and Porter Lamb in the former’s car; L.E. Laird Lee Doherty, Misses Fern Laird and Sevilla Chatfield in Laird’s car; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Chatfield and two daughters and G. Muirhead.

Apr 25, 1918: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 8):
School Notes
“These are hard times.” So the Juniors said at assembly Saturday morning. So the “Hard Times” orchestra was dressed to suit the occasion, the girls in gingham aprons, and shoes and stockings which did not match. One member of the company, Miss Fern Noble, favored us with two solos and Charles Reilly gave us a talk on the war. The quarter was very interesting also as it was accompanied by the different musical instruments of the orchestra, which all harmonized beautifully. The members of the quartet were Sevilla Chatfield, Helen Horsley. Clara Fauer, and Cora Pendegraft. Miss Fauer sang one of the songs for us in French, we will know what it is like when we get “over there.” Lester Gregg played the accordion in a charming manner and was greatly applauded. They bade farewell to us in a patriotic selection, all of the orchestra joining in and making it a grand success.

Oct 3, 1918: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 10):
The Seniors gave the following program at assembly last Friday… Quartet— Sevilla Chatfield, Cora Pendergraft, Bessie Bower and Violet Hampton…

Aug 9, 1918, Big Horn County Rustler, Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming (pg 1):
On Wednesday Basin got out the band and gave a good send-off to Everett Murray and John Loper, who had been called to Fort Logan, Colo. Fred Sproul also entrained this week from Cheyenne.

Dec 23, 1918: Death of Mary Paulina (Koeberle) Sproul (age 58), mother of Fred Chester Sproul, in Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles Co., California. She is buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in Cheyenne, Laramie Co., Wyoming.

Apr 17, 1919: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 7):
School Notes
The editorial staff for the Senior booklet consists of the following: … Assistant editor Sevilla Chatfield.

Oct 31, 1919: Death of Della Chatfield (age 47), mother of Sevilla, on Halloween night at her home in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming. Her four older daughters are in their 20s, the youngest, Babe, is 14.
Note: Some family members recollect that Dell died from breast cancer—others, uterine or ovarian cancer

Nov 4, 1919: Della is buried in the Riverview Cemetery in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming

Nov 6, 1919: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co. Wyoming:
Della B. Chatfield, wife of Elmer E Chatfield, a well known stockman and farmer of this section, died at their home north of the City last Friday evening. She had just recently returned from the hospital at Rochester, Minn. and the community held hope the end was not so near. Besides her husband she leaves five daughters, Helen, Marion, Sevilla, Audrey and Babe all residing at home. Funeral services were held at the home last Monday afternoon, the services being in charge of the Rev. William Gorst.

Jan 24-26, 1920: Federal Census for Election Precinct 4, Washakie Co., Wyoming:
Chatfield, Elmer E.: Head, age 56, widow, born Colorado, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois, farmer
Helen L.: daughter, age 25, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Marion H.: daughter, age 23, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Sevilla M.: daughter, age 21, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Audrey E.: daughter, age 19, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska
Constance C.: daughter, age 15, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Nebraska

Apr 11, 1920: Marriage of Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield & Fred Chester Sproul, in Manderson, Big Horn Co., Wyoming.
Note: Sevilla (age 21) is the 3rd child of Elmer & Della Chatfield. Fred (age 22) is a banker at a small country bank in Manderson.
Sevilla did not like her middle name Maude, so she changed it to Shirley, the name used on her marriage certificate. The lavaliere around her neck was her husband’s first gift to her, which she kept in her heirloom box. Her opal engagement ring was passed down to her daughter Beverly, and then to Beverly’s daughter Kristen on her 16th birthday.

Apr 15, 1920: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 1):
SURPRISE THEIR MANY FRIENDS
The many friends of Fred Chester Sprout and Sevilla Chatfield were given a surprise this week when they learned that the young couple were married. The ceremony was performed in Manderson on Sunday, April the eleventh.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. E.E. Chatfield and has a wide acquaintance over the entire basin country having lived in this section of the state from childhood. Mr. Sproul has lived in the basin country for a number of years and during that time won a host of friends. The Grit joins with their many friends in wishing them a long, happy wedded life. They will continue to make their home in Washakie county.

Apr 16, 1920: Big Horn County Rustler, Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming (pg 2):
Miss Sevilla Shirley Chatfield, of Worland. Wyoming, and Mr. Fred Chester Sproul, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, were united in marriage by the Rev. C.J. Hazen, of Basin, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Burritt, at Manderson at the hour of midnight on Saturday last week, the bride choosing the date of Sunday, April 11 for her wedding day. The ring ceremony was used.

This wedding was performed in the presence of relatives and a few friends after which a very enjoyable time of dancing was had until the wee small hours of morning.

Miss Sevilla Chatfield is the estimable daughter of Mr. Elmer Chatfield of Worland. Miss Chatfield graduated from high school at that place after which she taught the Durkee school through the winter months.

Mr. Fred Sproul is the son of Mr. Sproul of Cheyenne, Wyo., and a well accomplished young man, having been assistant cashier in the Stockgrowers Bank at Worland, also of the Manderson State Bank at Manderson. This very estimable young couple will be at home to their many friends at the ranch home of the bride’s father between Manderson and Worland.

Oct 20, 1920: Death of Thomas John “T.J.” Sproul (age 62), Father of Fred Chester Sproul, in Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles Co., California. Thomas is buried with his wife, Mary Pauline (Koeberle) Sproul, in the Lakeview Cemetery in Cheyenne, Laramie Co., Wyoming.

Oct 21, 1920: Wyoming State Tribune, Cheyenne, Laramie Co., Wyoming (pg 1):
Mrs. Reed H. Hollister has received the sad news that her father, T.J. Sproul, died Tuesday night in Los Angeles. Upon learning of Mr. Sproul’s serious illness, Mrs. L. Hanna Departed at once for California, but did not reach there before the end came. No details have yet been learned here as to funeral services.

Oct 23, 1920: Wyoming State Tribune, Cheyenne, Laramie Co., Wyoming (pg 1):
Funeral services for T.J. Sproul will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Elks home in this city. Mrs. L. Hanna went to California, where Mr. Sproul died and will accompany the body back to this city, arriving here Tuesday morning. Mrs. Hanna and Mrs. Reed Hollister are daughters of the deceased.

Oct 27, 1920: Cheyenne State Leader, Cheyenne, Laramie Co., Wyoming (pg 2):
Funeral services for T.J. Sproul, who died In Los Angeles, were held at the Elks’ Home at 8 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Rev. C.A. Bennett, of St. Mark’s Church, officiated. Interment was at Lakeview cemetery.

Oct 29, and Nov 1, 1920: Wyoming State Tribune, Cheyenne, Laramie Co., Wyoming (pg 11):
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the Elks’ Lodge No. 660 and our friends for the many kindnesses and the beautiful floral offerings in the recent bereavement of our father. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sproul, Mr. and Mrs. Reed Hollister, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sproul, Mrs. Letty Manna, Mr. Henry Sproul, Mrs. Everett Sproul.

Feb 1, 1921: Birth of Elmer Chatfield Sproul, the 1st of 3 children of Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield & Fred Chester Sproul, in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming

Feb 3, 1921: Worland Grit, Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 3):
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sproul are the proud parents of a fine baby boy, born on Tuesday, February 1st, at Dr. Gray’s hospital. The boy’s name will be Elmer Chatfield Sproul. Fred is looking happy this week.

Oct 1, 1922: Basin Republican, Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming (pg 8):
Fred Sproul and wife and Wm. Marple and wife headed a large delegation from Manderson who attended the show at the Rex last Sunday night.

Oct 6, 1922: Basin Republican, Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming (pg 8):
Fred Sproul, cashier of the Manderson state bank, was attending to business here Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

Nov 3, 1922: Basin Republican, Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming (pg 5):
Fred Sproul, cashier of the Manderson state bank, headed a delegation from that town to the Mondell meeting here Monday night.

Nov 10, 1922: Big Horn County Rustler, Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming (pg 6):
Manderson News
Fred Sproul will move into the place vacated by Mr. Gray. Mr. Sproul having same redecorated inside and will move in in the near future.

Nov 17, 1922: Big Horn County Rustler, Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming (pg 5):
CHATFIELD RETURNS
Mr. Elmer Chatfield, who had been ill for several days, is out again and we are all glad to have a talk with on his recent visit to Mexico. Mr. Chatfield says the good old U.S.A. looks lots the best.

Mr. Fred Sproul of the Manderson State Bank, who has been confined to his bed the last few days, due to the defeat of his favorite candidates, is slowly but surely recovering from the shock, and it is expected that he will soon return to normalcy and pay his election bets.

Dec 1, 1922: Basin Republican, Basin, Big Horn Co., Wyoming (pg 8):
Fred Sproul and wife and Wm. Marple and wife headed a large delegation from Manderson who attended the show at the Rex last Sunday night.

circa 1923: Elmer Chatfield, Sevilla’s father, lost his ranch due to the flooding of the Big Horn River. Everything, including the wagons with the turkeys roosting in them, floated away. In late 1923 or early 1924 Elmer and daughters Helen, Marion, and Audrey moved to Texas where he farmed river-bottom land between Harlingen and Brownsville, Cameron Co. His youngest daughter, “Babe,” stayed behind in Basin, Wyoming (with beekeepers) to work for her room and board and finish high school. Sevilla is married and living in Manderson, Wyoming.

Sep 8, 1923: Birth of Fred Chester “Freddie” Sproul, Jr., the 2nd of 3 children of Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield & Fred Chester Sproul, in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming

Oct 24, 1925: Birth of Beverly Ann(e) Sproul, the 3rd of 3 children of Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield & Fred Chester Sproul, in Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas

Letter from Beverly (Sproul) Kelly (Elmer’s granddaughter):
Grandpa went down to the Rio Grande valley to grow cotton. The river-bottom land just below the ranch north of Worland had been flooded out in 1921 or 1922 and he was desperate to start over somewhere. He took the whole family (Helen, Marion, and Audrey) except for Babe who had not finished H.S., and Dad, Mother (Sevilla), Elmer and Freddie who had moved back into the banking business. He made arrangements in Basin to work for Babe’s room and board while she was going to school. When she finished her senior year in Basin, she went on to Texas, too. How she got there, I don’t know, probably by rail, but there was no family member attending her graduation and it was always a sad memory to her. Dad, Mother, and family did not join the clan until January of 1925.

In doing the math, Gramps must have had two good years because the flood did not destroy the crop til harvest time, 1925. Dad knew there were too many mouths to feed on no income, so hi-tailed it back to the Big Horn Basin to get enough money together to send for Mother (Sevilla), the boys, and me. It took five months of punching cows and ranching chores to earn enough to pay for our train fares back to Wyoming. Dad had never seen me (I hadn’t been born ’til after he left), and he picked me up to hold me over his head and Mother said I took one look into that cavernous mouth and ‘screamed bloody murder’. I got used to it eventually, I guess.
B.S.K.

Circa 1930 photo: Sevilla and Fred Sproul’s children in front of the water supply system (windmill, storage tank, and pump house) at the Montgomery ranch in Manderson, Wyoming

Apr 25, 1930: Federal Census for Election District 28, Big Horn Co., Wyoming:
Sproul, Fred, Head, age 32, Male, White, married at age 22, born Oregon, father born Kansas, mother born Missouri, manager on farm
Sproul, Sevilla, Wife, age 31, Female, White, married at age 21, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Colorado
Sproul, Elmer, Son, age 9, Male, White, single, born Wyoming, father born Oregon, mother born Wyoming
Sproul, Freddie, Son, age 6, Male, White, single, born Wyoming, father born Oregon, mother born Wyoming
Sproul, Beverley, Daughter, age 4, Female, White, single, born Wyoming, father born Oregon, mother born Wyoming (Beverly, born Texas)

As I Was Told:
1934: When his daughter Marion married, Elmer was kind of at sea. During the springs he stayed on the Montgomery ranch in Manderson, Wyoming. He worked on the ranch with sheep and always had a potato patch. When he’d leave to visit one of his daughters, he always said, “If I don’t get back, the mules yours. He rotated between three of his daughters, Audrey Bodan (in Wyoming), Constance Rosenberry (in Nevada and Utah) and Sevilla Sproul (in California, New Mexico and Colorado).
—Beverly (Sproul) Kelly, granddaughter of Elmer Chatfield.

Elmer Chatfield History, by Beverly (Sproul) Kelly:
Not until 1939 when Elmer (with his son-in-law Fred Sproul, daughter Sevilla and their daughter Beverly, age 13) drove to Arizona to visit his sisters Ella and Jacqueline—two old widows living near Jacqueline’s two daughters in Globe and Superior—did they reunite. They had not seen one another in over 40 years and Ella had her eyes-lids taped open with adhesive tape just to see. Grandpa had shrunk in stature of maybe 5’9″ or less, and in greeting him, Aunt Ella was so tiny she laid her head on his chest and sighed, “Oh, El.”
Source: “Family History and Genealogy” by Beverly (Sproul) Kelly, written mid-1990s. Beverly is a great-granddaughter of I.W. Chatfield, granddaughter of Elmer Chatfield, and daughter of Sevilla Chatfield & Fred Sproul.

Apr 15, 1940: Federal Census for Manderson town, Big Horn Co., Wyoming:
Sproul, Fred C, Head, age 42, Male, White, married, born Oregon, farmer
Sproul, Sevilla, Wife, age 41, Female, White, married, born Wyoming
Sproul, Elmer C., Son, age 19, Male, White, single, born Wyoming
Sproul, Fred C., Son, age 16, Male, White, single, born Wyoming
Sproul, Beverley Anne, Daughter, age 14, Female, White, single, born Wyoming (Beverly, born Texas)

Jul 22, 1943: Washakie Signal Fire, Washakie, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 1):
Jim Kelly and Fred Sproul, Jr. made a week end trip to Denver.

Jul 22, 1943: Washakie Signal Fire, Washakie, Washakie Co., Wyoming (pg 4):
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sproul were calling on Mrs. Olney Nowels Sunday, they went to Medicine Lodge fishing.

Dec 29, 1944: Letter from Elmer (age 81) to his grandchildren, Elmer & Beverly:
Bozeman Dec 29th
Dear Elmer & Bev,
Your Xmas gifts came. Oh, many thanks.
I just wonder what kind weather you are having there.
We have had 10 to 19 degrees below for a week. Moderating today.
Bozeman is a busy beautiful town of 10,000.
Recd cards from all the girls Calif. Poor old Clark passed on a few days ago. He was a grand old pal & has suffered a long time.
How is the water softener business & how are you getting along with your school Bev.
All the folks here are well. Children all in a good school.
Have to ans’ Sevilla’s letter.
Write whenever you can to your loving Gramps.
Elmer.

Note: Clark is Clark Samuel Chatfield. Jr., Elmer’s cousin and the brother of Della. Clark was born in 1876 and died Nov 22, 1944 (age 68), in Colusa, Colusa Co., California of edema.

Aug 29, 1945: Marriage of Fred Chester “Freddie” Sproul, Jr. & Alberta Lee Hallam, 2nd of 3 children of Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield & Fred Chester Sproul, in Billings, Yellowstone Co., Montana.

Dec 19, 1945: Marriage of Beverly Ann(e) Sproul, Jr. & George Wallace Kelly, 3rd of 3 children of Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield & Fred Chester Sproul, in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado

Aug 1947: Photo: Elmer Sproul, Sevilla, Fred Sproul, Connie Rosenberry, father Elmer Chatfield, Alberta Lee (Hallam), George Kelly in San Antonio, Texas

As I Was Told:
Just a bit about me… I am the oldest of the 12 grandchildren of Fred Sproul and Sevilla Chatfield Sproul, born in October of 1946. My mom, as you probably know, is the youngest child and only girl of my grandparents. I graduated from the same high school as my grandmother, mother and father: Worland High School. Gramps, Elmer Chatfield, lived with us on and off throughout my childhood. He did not have a permanent home/apartment, he just moved from family to family for days to weeks at a time. And my memory is that he was just there some of the time. I always liked having him there as he would tell stories about his life and have all these little sayings that I would try to memorize.

One I remember is: “P U INKIN’ INKIN’ Y. Y U INKIN’, Punkin Pie.” Wow, I’ve never tried to spell this out… but you get the idea.

Another one: “Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John saddled the cat while I got on.
When I got on, I couldn’t sit
Fell in the fire and burnt my hip.”

I think Mom has written many of these down… you might check with her.
—Kris Lawson, daughter of Beverly (Sproul) Kelly, grandchild of Sevilla and Fred Sproul, and great-granddaughter of Elmer Chatfield

Above photo: four generations: Sevilla, Grandpa Elmer, Beverly (Sproul) Kelly and her daughter Kristen
Summer of 1947 at George & Beverly Kelly’s home in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming

Aug 22, 1949: Marriage of Elmer Chatfield Sproul & Leslie Anne Griffith, 2nd of 3 children of Sevilla Maude/Shirley Chatfield & Fred Chester Sproul, in Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co., California

Sep 2, 1952: Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Natrona Co.,Wyoming  (pg 6):

Jun 1954: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Denver Co., Colorado:
WORLAND, Wyo.—After a hectic career of Indian fighting, range warring and bullet-dodging on the Old Chisholm Trail, Elmer E. Chatfield – at 91- is getting his second wind.
The grizzled, white-haired pioneer drew a deep breath and played back some of his experiences one day this month for a yard full of wide-eyed listeners.

The group, made up mostly of relatives, gathered at the home of Chatfield’s granddaughter, Mrs. George Kelly, to help celebrate his birthday. In addition to Mrs. Kelly, three other daughters were there: Mrs. Marion Tarter of Angwin, Calif., Mrs. Fred Sproul Sr. of Albuquerque, N.M., and Mrs. Forest Rosenberry of Scottie’s Castle, Neb.

Families of all four daughters swelled the group to a good sized audience for Chatfield’s yarns. Except for several winters in Albuquerque during recent years, Chatfield has lived in Wyoming the last 61 years. Most of that time he has spent raising sheep and cattle in the Big Horn Basin.

He was born in a homesteader’s tent on land that has since sprouted the town of Florence, Colo. His father, Isaac Chatfield, was a battle hardened Civil war veteran. Before the end of the conflict, he was mustered out and headed west to take up a homestead. Elmer Chatfield likes to tell about “a big windstorm the night I was born. I understand a pole blew down and hit me on the head shortly after my arrival.”

As a small boy growing up in frontier Denver, he earned extra money by folding copies of the Rocky Mountain News. Later the family moved to Leadville, where Elmer’s father was elected mayor.

His chance to run cattle on the Chisholm Trail came in 1883 and 1884 after moving to Dodge City, Kan., to work in his uncle’s grocery. Elmer landed a cow punching job with one of the large livestock dealers.

What was the old trail like? “Just a track beat out so you could follow it, with water holes here and there,” says Elmer.
And Dodge City—it was every bit as tough as the books and movies say, to hear the old frontiersman tell it. “I’ve seen cowboys ride their horses right through the swinging doors into the bars. One fellow there had a toll bridge. He let it up when you paid your toll. “Sometimes a bunch of cowboys would ride for the ridge, firing their guns in the air. Well, sir, he would just lift that pole in a hurry and not worry about any toll.”

Chatfield recalls how, in the furious days of speculation in Colorado shortly before the turn of the century, fortunes were made or exploded with the flip of a coin. He once decided to take an $8,000 offer for a silver claim he had worked with almost no luck near Aspen. Within a few weeks afterward, the new owner had struck it rich and was selling a half interest for $25,000.

Chatfield came to the Big Horn Basin in 1893, and was virtually roped into the now famous Johnson County range war. The feud between big and little cattle raisers exploded, he says, when the latter started branding calves on the range. The big operators retaliated by importing bands of Texas gunfighters. Before the smoke cleared, Chatfield remembers grimly, a lot of folk—many of them innocent—were dead. (note: The Johnson County range war occurred about April 2-4, 1892, so if Elmer was involved, it was before he came to Basin.)

Another range war between sheep and cattle ranchers almost cost Chatfield a prison term. An acquaintance of his was stabbed as one of a group of cattlemen ambushed three sheep men at the mouth of Spring Creek. Chatfield spent the next two weeks convincing a federal grand jury he had nothing to do with the ambush.

With his wife, the former Della Chatfield of Denver, he moved to the Worland valley in 1914. His five daughters are graduates of Washakie High School. Two nearby lakes were named for two of Chatfield’s daughters, Marian and Helen.

Chatfield retired from cattle running some years ago. He now spends much of his time raising potatoes.

Sep 20, 1962: Death of Elmer Ellsworth Chatfield (age 99), father of Sevilla, at the Pioneer Home in Thermopolis, Hot Springs Co., Wyoming. Elmer suffered terribly from head shingles which contributed to his death.
Note: Shingles are an acute viral infection characterized by inflammation of the sensory ganglia of certain spinal or cranial nerves and the eruption of vesicles along the affected nerve path.

Sep 22, 1962: Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming:
Chatfield Rites Set for Monday at Veile Chapel
Funeral services for prominent area livestock man Elmer E. Chatfield, 99, will be held at the Veile Chapel in Worland, with the Rev. R.F. Goff officiating.
Chatfield died Thursday at the Pioneer Home in Thermopolis.
He was born July 8, 1863, the son of Isaac W. and Eliza H. Chatfield in Florence, Colo., and grew up in and around Denver. In 1892 he married Della Chatfield and in 1893 moved to the Spring creek area. One of the Big Horn Basin’s real old time livestock men, he worked in the cattle business in the area until his retirement in the 1940s. In 1883 and 1884, he worked with trail herd crews moving castle from Abilene, Texas to Dodge City, Kansas and shortly before coming to Wyoming, he worked in and around the Colorado mining boom towns.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. R.O. Hornburg, Refugio, Texas, Mrs. Marian Tarter, Angwin, Calif., Mrs. Fred Sproul, Anaheim, Calif., Mrs. Joe Bodan, Lander, Mrs. Forest Rosenberry, Alamogordo, N.M., 12 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.

Dec 26, 1975: Death of Helen Layle (Chatfield) Hornburg (age 81), sister of Sevilla Maude/Shirley (Chatfield) Sproul, in Refugio, Refugio Co., Texas; of respiratory arrest, arteriosclerosis, and congestive failure. Helen is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Refugio.

Mar 8, 1976: Death of George Wallace Kelly (age 51), husband of Beverly Ann (Sproul) Kelly, in Fallbrook, San Diego Co., California. He is buried in Riverview Memorial Gardens in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming. George served in the U.S. Air Force, transferred to the U.S. Army Infantry during the Battle of the Bulge, and served three years in England, France and Germany. He was a rancher and stockman.

Jun 18, 1980: Death of Marion Hortense (Chatfield) Tarter (age 84), sister of Sevilla Maude/Shirley (Chatfield) Sproul,in Angwin, Napa Co., California; cancer, congestive heart failure. Marion is buried in the St. Helena Cemetery in Angwin.

Mar 30, 1981: Death of Sevilla Maude/Shirley (Chatfield) Sproul (age 81), 3rd of 5 children of Elmer Ellsworth Chatfield & Della Chatfield, in San Marcos, San Diego Co., California; heart attack. Sevilla is buried in the Eternal Hills Cemetery in Oceanside, San Diego Co., California.

Apr 23, 1989: Death of Fred Chester “Freddie” Sproul, Jr. (age 65), the 2nd of 3 children of Fred Chester Sproul & Sevilla Maude Chatfield, in Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado; smoking, heart attack.

Military Service: WWII, U.S. Army Air Corps: aircraft engine mechanic
Occupation: Sheep rancher; owned American Builders, partner with his brother Elmer in building and development (they built more than 20,000 homes in New Mexico, Colorado, California, and Nevada)

Apr 30, 1989: Death of Fred Chester Sproul, Sr. (age 91), in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego Co., California; of heart failure. Fred was cremated and inurned at Eternal Hills Cemetery, Oceanside, San Diego Co., California, with his wife Sevilla.

1990: Death of Constance Cordelia (Chatfield) Rosenberry (age 84), sister of Sevilla Maude/Shirley (Chatfield) Sproul, in Fairfield, Solano Co., California; complications from diabetes. Constance is buried in St. Alphonsus Catholic Cemetery in Fairfield.

Jan 31, 2000: Death of Audrey Ella (Chatfield) Bodan (age 99), sister of Sevilla Maude/Shirley (Chatfield) Sproul, near Jackson, Teton Co., Wyoming; stroke. Audrey’s cremains are in Riverview Cemetery in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming.

Helen died first, then Marion, then Sevilla. When Audrey was notified of Sevilla’s death, she said, “I guess I’m next.” Not so—she survived them all, nearly reaching the century mark—ninety-nine years, 2 months. —Beverly Kelly, daughter of Sevilla.

Jul 31, 2011: Death of Elmer Chatfield Sproul (age 90), the 1st of 3 children of Fred Chester Sproul & Sevilla Maude Chatfield, in Aurora, Arapahoe Co., Colorado; complications from diabetes

Obituary for Elmer Chatfield Sproul: LITTLETON, Colo. – Former Worland resident Elmer Chatfield Sproul, 90, died Sunday, July 31, 2011 at his home in Littleton, Colo., a victim of old age and complications of diabetes.

Elmer was born in Worland on Feb 1, 1921 to Fred C. Sproul, Sr. and Sevilla Chatfield Sproul, one-time Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and California residents, who predeceased him. He grew up on the ranch in Manderson where his father was a big sheep and sugar beet rancher through the Depression. In 1941, after growing up on his father’s ranch in Wyoming, Elmer moved to Albuquerque, N.M. where he as the Culligan Man for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas; he began a business career that ended with his retirement 56 years later in 1997.

In WWII, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, being discharged in Albuquerque in 1943 for health reasons. Elmer attended the University of Wyoming in Laramie for a couple of years before attending the University of New Mexico, from which he graduated in 1945, and Stanford University Law School, graduating in 1949. While attending college at UNM and Stanford, under his direction his Culligan manager, Clair Miller, successfully expanded from Elmer’s Culligan businesses in Albuquerque, Roswell and Las Cruces, N.M. and El Paso into the plumbing contracting business and into the homebuilding business. In 1949, after his graduation from law school, Lesley Anne Griffith and Elmer were married and they became parents to four children. In the early 1950s, his father, Fred, Sr., and brother, Fred, Jr., joined him as partners in the homebuilding/real estate development businesses, enterprises they expanded from New Mexico into Colorado, Texas, California and Nevada before Fred, Sr. retired. Fred, Jr. and Elmer subsequently divided their interests, operating independently thereafter. Altogether, the Sproul family companies built more than 20,000 houses and apartments between 1952 and 1985.

Elmer is survived by his children… ; Leslie, his wife from whom he was legally separated in 1990, also survives and lives in Albuquerque.
There were no memorial service and Elmer and his family have requested that no flowers or gifts be sent.

Oct 6, 2013: Death of Alberta Lee (Hallam) Sproul (age 92), the wife of Fred Chester Sproul, Jr. and daughter of Albert Lemoin Hallam & Lela Addie Martella Binford; in Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado. Alberta’s remains are in the Saint Michael’s Episcopal Church Columbarium in Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado.

Oct 20, 2013, The Gazette:
Alberta Sproul’s spirit was released to the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob [Exodus 3:15] on the 6th of October, 2013, the eve of her 93rd birthday. She was full of His grace and beauty. Alberta exemplified the fruit of the Spirit.

Her husband of 49 years preceded her homecoming. She recently said, “If I could spend just 24 hours with FRED I would do everything all over again the same way, not change a thing, I love him so much. Alberta leaves behind a legacy, through her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and others she affected. The completion of that legacy is yet to be determined by the actions and decisions of those people. Will you go forward in the Spirit or the sinful nature?

A Celebration of the Life she lived here on earth will be held on Saturday, October 26th commencing at 12:30 PM with a reception following at Living Hope Covenant Church 6750 North Union Blvd., Colorado Springs. The family requests in lieu of flowers or condolences, that contributions be made to the Benevolence Fund c/o Living Hope Covenant Church, a place to start or start over.

Jan 5, 2017: Death of Beverly Ann (Sproul) Kelley (age 91), the 3rd of 3 children of Fred Chester Sproul & Sevilla Maude Chatfield, in Fallbrook, San Diego Co., California. Beverly was cremated and interred in the Chatfield plot in Riverview Memorial Gardens in Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming. Beverly was the consummate Chatfield family historian and genealogist and contributed extensively to the family history.

2020. Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau.